The Rivermead Post Concussion Symptoms Questionnaire: A confirmatory factor analysis

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 253, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1603-1614

  Potter, Seb ^a   Leigh, Eleanor ^a   Wade, Derick ^b   Fleminger, Simon ^a  

^a SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD CENTRE FOR ENABLEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Post concussion syndrome; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTCONCUSSION SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RIVERMEAD MOBILITY INDEX; SOMATIC CELL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 33846272707     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-006-0275-z     Document Type: Article

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